I have been reading alot of articles in newspapers about the lower population of bees. Most of the experts say its pesticides,and herbicides that is causing the bees to die. I have talked to several companies that spray crop fields and they dont think the spray is hurting the bees. If it does not kill the bee the worker takes the poison back to the hive and has it fed to the the young bees in the colony which could cause deformed wings and such. The bees do have alot of other things that hurt them,pests like mites,hive beetles and just being eaten by birds and other insects. I read a story in a newspaper where the Lumber company Lowes was taking all the sprays off their shelf that would harm bees. This a start to help the bees survive.